Almost two thirds of IT graduates have been snapped up by employers just six months after modelling a mortar board at graduation. Out of those, approximately half work as IT professionals – but this is certainly not the only option available.
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Rather than slashing the number of graduate opportunities it provided last year – or setting their sights firmly on business opportunities abroad as they said they would in their half-year financial results – Balfour Beatty has revealed that it plans to rescue 150 graduates from the gloomy land of unemployment.
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Last week, we saw Thai students shaking things up at their graduation ceremonies, with several students opting to cross-dress as women. The bizarre trend looks set to continue in the Far East as a Chinese student chose his graduation speech as the moment to ‘come out of the closet’.
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Poor Jamie Oliver! He might have managed to ban the questionable Turkey Twizzlers from schools across the country, but despite all his efforts it appears that half of young people have absolutely no interest in the hospitality sector.
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For those who found out yesterday that their A-level results were enough to send them to university in September, the relief and high spirits will be short lived, after a study revealed that the total cost of university has gone through the roof at £53,330 per student.
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According to the latest figures from the Teaching Agency (TA), almost one in five maths graduates with 2.1s or firsts are turning to teaching, highlighting the fact that it is becoming an increasingly popular choice career path for the brightest of graduates.
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